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In Which Riley Apprentices with the InternetTue, 14 Oct 2014 21:08:32 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4Comment on Programming with Geogebra by blombardhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/255/comment-page-1#comment-299933
Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:08:32 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=255#comment-299933I agree with Riley wholeheartedly and have noticed the same things with my students; I especially like the fact that the learning is almost entirely dependent on the effort that students put forth, and that one item learned inevitably leads to another, and another, . . .
Thanks, Riley, for calling attention to this great aspect of GeoGebra.http://www.mrlsmath.com/programming-geogebra/
]]>Comment on Active Grading: Scale Matters by Riley Larkhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/800/comment-page-1#comment-296128
Sat, 04 Jan 2014 02:23:24 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=800#comment-296128Sorry, I didn’t see this comment for a long time! It’s too bad your students turned to using this as a way to skate by. I don’t have any really useful advice, I’m afraid, but my gut feeling is that if they can get a 50% on assignments and still pass the class, they probably didn’t need to do the assignments anyway.
]]>Comment on Active Grading: Scale Matters by Samhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/800/comment-page-1#comment-296098
Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:07:13 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=800#comment-296098Noticeably, there is no response to this question
]]>Comment on Why CPM is killing my blog by Derekhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/176/comment-page-1#comment-296036
Fri, 04 Oct 2013 02:22:27 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=176#comment-296036I agree I HATE CPM. Having the students discover how to do math on their own and from their peers is a terrible way to “teach” math. Let teachers teach math not coach the students in their self discovery of math.
]]>Comment on Why CPM is killing my blog by Also skepticalhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/176/comment-page-1#comment-296020
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:28:00 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=176#comment-296020Elizabeth – I agree with you. Maybe this text works well for a teacher who is thoroughly familiar with it and planning his lessons around it, but from the standpoint of a tutor who has to come in and fortify the weak areas, the CPM books I have seen are not helpful. I will say that I have only been exposed to the Algebra I and Algebra II texts.

I spent an hour today with a student who was preparing for his first Algebra II test. We ended up putting the book aside and having discussions about the concepts we thought he might be covering instead. I felt as though he absorbed some of the information well, but that he is still shaky on some Algebra I ideas that would be useful to have down. He took Integrated Algebra I, which used CPM’s Algebra I text. He has also taken Integrated Geometry.

I am not a fan of CPM or “integrated” math, and would advise parents to put their kids on the “traditional” math track if possible. Maybe I just had good math teachers, but I never thought that their methods were overly boring or difficult to follow.

]]>Comment on Why CPM is killing my blog by Elizabethhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/176/comment-page-1#comment-296010
Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:02:12 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=176#comment-296010As an owner of a tutoring company, I have to agree with you. CPM is horrible. We have dozens of students coming to us every year because their teachers are extremely LAZY and don’t teach anything! Perhaps that’s not what CPM intended, but quite literally, teachers are handing books out to these groups and saying, “Here, go figure this out. I’m going to be back here. Don’t ask any questions.” You might as well have a babysitter, not a certified math teacher, in the room. Not-for-profit, written by teachers, whatever. This curriculum is extremely low quality!!
]]>Comment on What did you do to the x-axis?!? Using the most relevant context possible by Complexity Perplexity :: the Max Ray Bloghttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/787/comment-page-1#comment-295954
Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:18:24 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=787#comment-295954[…] PS — on contexts, perplexity, motivation, etc. see Riley Lark: http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=787 […]
]]>Comment on Painting with Functions by Painting With Functions | WNCP Orchestrated Experiences for High School Mathhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/50/comment-page-1#comment-295953
Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:32:58 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=50#comment-295953[…] Lark used a very open GeoGebra exploration to introduce polynomial […]
]]>Comment on ActivePrompt Plus by Riley Larkhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1208/comment-page-1#comment-295923
Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:14:13 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1208#comment-295923Thanks for the link – I haven’t seen nearpod before.
]]>Comment on ActivePrompt Plus by pperfectsquareshttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1208/comment-page-1#comment-295922
Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:32:00 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1208#comment-295922Good stuff Riley. But I think this app is very similar to http://www.nearpod.com ; I used nearpod in a training session I attended, but I haven’t used it yet with students. I like how it individualized the presentation, and it is a huge upgrade to responders (clickers).
]]>Comment on New Point! by Michael Pershanhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1188/comment-page-1#comment-295918
Sun, 14 Jul 2013 01:49:32 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1188#comment-295918It would also help us out to learn more about what the business side of things is like.
]]>Comment on Boarding Passengers into Airplanes by Chris Dhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1183/comment-page-1#comment-294780
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:28:42 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1183#comment-294780http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_05_06.html finds “Analysis of AIrplane Boarding Times”: http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~ebachmat/managesubmit.pdf

Anyway, it’s a great problem for students to think about. My point is that this is an active area of research, and airlines are not just going “herp derp” and hoping for the best.

]]>Comment on Boarding Passengers into Airplanes by Riley Larkhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1183/comment-page-1#comment-294717
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:03:42 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1183#comment-294717Haha, awesome. It’s cool that he even tried it in real life, with real people!
]]>Comment on Boarding Passengers into Airplanes by Riley Larkhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1183/comment-page-1#comment-294715
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:57:54 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1183#comment-294715Sorry Chris, every link on the first page of results for that search refers to the same simulations Megan points out, which show that even random boarding (“All Aboard!”) would be better than back-to-front zone boarding. Will you please point more directly to a source for us?
]]>Comment on Boarding Passengers into Airplanes by Chris Dhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1183/comment-page-1#comment-294667
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 04:58:37 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1183#comment-294667You do know that airlines actually employ researchers to try and solve this problem, right? Turnaround time costs serious money for them.

Theoretical solutions unfortunately collide with the behavior of actual humans, and making something that really works optimally is quite difficult.

]]>Comment on Boarding Passengers into Airplanes by Megan Hayes-Goldinghttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1183/comment-page-1#comment-293895
Wed, 03 Jul 2013 05:00:46 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1183#comment-293895True that. Have you seen this? http://menkes76.com/projects/boarding/boarding.htm
]]>Comment on Boarding Passengers into Airplanes by Open ended problem: Boarding passengers onto planes | Math Thinkinghttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1183/comment-page-1#comment-293005
Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:45:21 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1183#comment-293005[…] Via Riley Lark’s blog […]
]]>Comment on Letting Go of the Past by What’s Working? Making Practice Public! | Learning to Lead Learninghttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/613/comment-page-1#comment-286858
Sun, 02 Jun 2013 05:41:26 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=613#comment-286858[…] me to seek new answers. I learned from two teachers in Iowa in Riley Lark’s (@rileylark) practice of standards-based grading, and Shawn Cornally’s (@ThinkThankThunk) continued goal to promote truly […]
]]>Comment on Letting Go of the Past by Why Average? Alternatives to Averaging Grades | Learning to Lead Learninghttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/613/comment-page-1#comment-286733
Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:25:43 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=613#comment-286733[…] best describe current state understanding with a combination of long-term data in a post entitled, Letting Go of the Past. In the post, he compares straight averages to several other alternatives, including using […]
]]>Comment on Having a baby is like flunking Algebra by cheesemonkeysfhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1180/comment-page-1#comment-281729
Sat, 11 May 2013 21:01:10 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1180#comment-281729Congratulations, Riley!

– Elizabeth (@cheesemonkeysf)

]]>Comment on Specifying Behavior with Explicit Roles by Nine Gifted Ed Resourceshttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/533/comment-page-1#comment-279064
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:06:57 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=533#comment-279064[…] Point Of Inflection, an article on assigning explicit roles in group […]
]]>Comment on Active Grading: Scale Matters by Roswalienhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/800/comment-page-1#comment-274367
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:13:53 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=800#comment-274367I did this last year with my high school students at an alternative high school. Well, the lowest grade they could get on an assignment that was turned in (and not blank) was a 50.

The problem was that the students turned in many mediocre assignments. When questioned they would respond that they got a 50 and that is close to passing. To them getting a 50 on mediocre work justified not putting much effort into the assignment.

My question is: How do you explain this so the students are putting forth their best effort, not just trying to skate by?

]]>Comment on Having a baby is like flunking Algebra by Ben Blum-Smithhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1180/comment-page-1#comment-269770
Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:50:07 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1180#comment-269770(a) Mazeltov yo!

(b) You’ve obv. got a lot going on and you don’t owe me anything, but I’m just gonna go ahead and say I miss your work.

]]>Comment on Having a baby is like flunking Algebra by Jenniehttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1180/comment-page-1#comment-269405
Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:11:32 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1180#comment-269405Brilliant analogy – I found that the more I focused on surrendering and less on “figuring it out” the less stressed I felt!
]]>Comment on Having a baby is like flunking Algebra by Andrewhttp://larkolicio.us/blog/archives/1180/comment-page-1#comment-264047
Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:30:12 +0000http://larkolicio.us/blog/?p=1180#comment-264047Everyone says “there’s no stupid questions,” but the looks you get when you ask what’s really on your mind tell a different story.
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